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Dear Bob: It was delightful speaking with you and sharing stories and information. I am enclosing a check for $330.00 for one moonwater device. Thanks so much for your research and work. I excitedly anticipate the arrival of your miraculous device.

 (John from Flagstaff, AZ)

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Bob: Got the package....thank you again. From the moment we spoke, I knew there was something special about buying this from you. .........I haven't gone through the package yet because my wife is expecting, ANY SECOND actually, she has some pains last night (again) and I don't want to start the whole system up until I take care of the more important things first. I am really excited and you can bet I will be calling you as I go along...hopefully, after some friends taste my first batch. (I won't forget to toast you!) I'll be able to send them to you as well.......... I'll keep you posted...........wish me luck!   (Kevin from NY)

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Dear Bob: I am in receipt of the new stainless steel and brass  water distillation unit and was pleasantly surprised by the new construction materials. I wish you and yours the very best for a safe and memorable holiday season and a great start to the next year. Warm regards. (Ed from Florida)

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Thanks Bob: I come from a long of  Mountain Distillers were making Corn Whiskey long before laws were against it. I even helped my former fiancé's stepfather build a prop still for the John Franenheimer movie "I walk the line" starring Gregory Peck (Ed Harris) as he was known was a true professional, convicted twice for manufacturing and once for hauling sugar. As a kid (age 19) I drove a "Pigtail" car once. The romance of the "Likker" trade in southwest Virginia was a big part of growing up. My baby boomer cronies and I could Lip Sync every word spoken in "Thunder Road" as we had all seen the movie at least 20 times. I used to help Dad make wine and beer. Many fond memories of the "purt-purt-purt" sound of the gas seal tubing under water releasing its gas. Also fond memories of exploding beer bottles in the middle of the night. ( I guess they capped too soon) There are no old pro's left, gone over to Jordan to the Big Still in the Sky. What little "Homemade" you can find is suspect, not all trustworthy. So here I am, eager to learn the Art of good "Likker" making. I have a sealed spring , a buried 1000 gal. concrete box, with a total  of 4000+ down the hill in the holler, about 200 ft. from the house. It flows 4+ gals a minute and has a year round  temperature of 55 degrees. Once  as a kid, I think about age11. I was forced to go to an all-day meeting, dinner on the ground. Primitive Baptist church function in nearby Franklin County. (The moonshine capital of the world). Being quite bored, me and my cousins went wandering and wading upn a branch and came upon an operation run by relatives. This was situated at the head of a spring about 3/4 of a mile from the church. I recall from my Dad that the still was over 100 years old, and was moved regularly. According to him, there was no solder anywhere on the Copper Still, having been heated and sealed by blacksmithing arts. In particular the Worm was paper thin and was made by filling the long copper tube with sand, wrapping it around a popular tree, then cutting down the tree. (Ed from West Virginia)

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Hi Bob - I got your book Saturday. I am looking things over and will likely be in touch with you for some parts and supplies. It's a great book. Thanks  ( TT from Manitoba, Canada

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Dear Bob: Hope this finds you well and in good health and spirits (both kinds) Yes I know you gave it up a long time ago........I am sitting here down in north/central Texas working my budget over in my mind for some further ordering from you. Am a young/old geezer 70 and my mouth is watering thinking about my future capabilities with the right equipment. The Government and the State of Texas goes overboard taxing everything worthwhile, puts a lot out of reach...... It will likely be three weeks of the 1st of November before I can get serious but I have been thinking about this for several years. I raise registered Boer Goats and have about fifty head on this poor farm, don't make much off that but it qualifies me as agriculture which lowers taxes a lot, main source of income is Social Security and retirement from Bell Helicopter where I stayed nearly thirty years, and a small dribble of oil and gas royalty which doesnt't amount to much......Hope I haven't bored you with all this, just wanted you to know I am in the market and  the $$$ are going to be available soon, till then, store bought beer and iced tea is going to have to suffice......A snuff dipping, bib overall clad, store bought toohed Texican ...................Carrol Land

 

CUSTOMER STORIES

 

Mr. Sebert: Just wanted to add a silly story to my order. My sisters and I enjoy the movie "The Great Escape"- anytime it is on TV we call each other up, don't say a word  and just whistle the theme music-which makes the person on the other end of the phone say "When? What channel?"! There is a sequence in the movie where Steve McQueen and James Garner rustle together all the potatoes in the prison camp and make some very powerful hooch. As they test it they each say in a very hoarse voice. "Wow!" I got idea of holding a Great Escape party for my sisters-got the DVD-and proceeded to brew some of my own. "Wow". I searched around online for a good potato recipe but any that I found weren't convincing - and it seemed that the yield from potatoes alone would be significantly less than with standard sugar recipe - so I decided to wing it, using a combination of sugar (about 4 kg), water, the Turbo yeast and a mash made from 10 pounds of fine Ontario white spuds. I made the mash in a big pot. Once everything had cooled down I combined it all in the bucket and waited to see what happened.  The next morning my wife and young son woke up with the news: "Your experiment is trying to escape!" It was like a scene from another Steve McQueen movie .... "The Blob". A great gurgling spew of grey-brown foam was crawling with great determination out of the incredibly swollen bucket - oozing with remarkable speed out of the airlock and leaking out the edges of the sealed lid. And it was making a groaning noise that was quite disturbing. It truly looked like it was about to blow a hole in the ceiling. I did my best to clean up the spew but the relentless "yeast beast" (as we nicknamed it) kept burbling and bubbling and growing and clawing it's way out of the bucket. The best I could figure out was the combination of starch from the potatoes with yeast made the escaping carbon dioxide gas into some resilient bubbles. I was afraid the whole mess would have to be trashed. It took another eight hours (with the bucket lid off) for the major expansion to subside. The "yeast beast" had finally been tamed and allowed itself to sealed up once again...This time without creeping out the airlock.... When the entire process was completed it resulted in a fine end product. Absolutely extraordinary! And we all watched the film together together and at the appropriate moment in the story - we joined Steve McQueen and James Garner in a wondrous "Wow". The next time I try potatoes I'll be sure to alter the recipe - and use a bigger bucket - and buy a bigger mop. Thanks again........... Rob  

(Rob thank you for sharing that story with me and also allowing me to share that story with others. This is just some of the fun to be had in this wonderful hobby  God Bless you and your family.......... Bob

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The following E:mail is one that is about a girl who has dedicated her life to helping others less fortunate than herself. I thank God for bringing her into my life. It is such a joy to meet people of this stature. At first it was an ordinary E:mail but at the bottom of the  E:mail she signed off after her name with the following words "Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music".  The words "blew my mind". I had to know why would she sign off with that phrase so I asked her. The following is the first E:mail and the response. 

Bob Sebert: I am an American Peace Corps Volunteer working in Malawi as an environment extension worker. My mother E:mailed you in September of 2002 about your steam distillation unit. I am very interested in purchasing the unit (after I receive the funding), but I have several questions first. - Does the unit require electricity? My village has a generator but it is often broken and without fuel, so if electricity is required the unit could only be used when the generator is functional. Are there distillation methods that do not require electricity? - Several of the parts for your machine are not available within Malawi. Can substitutions be made? In order to get funding I need to know that the machine can be maintained and repaired locally. You can contact me through E:mail, by fax etc. Adrienne Rathers PC, Sinyala, Lilongwe, MALAWI................Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music

I respnded to that E:mail telling her that the electricity was not reqired and any repairs could done locally. I also reduced my price to make it more affordable. This is her reply.

Bob, Thank you so much for your quick reply (and your discounted price!) It's great to hear that electricity will not be required. Part of my extension work is teaching people how to build mud stoves, so hopefully this can be incorporated into the distillation process. It looks like I still need to do a lot more research until I am ready to purchase the unit (i.e. marketing, the chemistry of the oil itself, and and find funding), but hopefully by early March we should have more information and a donor. As for the quote, I found it in a calendar put out by NOW (national organization of women) and it's by Angela Monet. I have it here on the wall of my hut and I guess it reminds me that I can go my own way without the worry of other's opinions. My other favorite pertinent quote to Malawi is: If you think your to small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. It's by Bette J. something or other, Fortunately, because I live on a eucalyptus plantation, mosquitoes don't pose that much of a problem. I will be in touch once I learn more about funding. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond.   Adrienne from Malawi

If any of you can help her with her making, marketing of eucalyptus please contact me and I will give you her E:mail address  .....Bob   .

 

TESTIMONIALS

 

I would like to order your book on how to make moonshine. Although I was raised in MO I am interested in this subject because I was born in KY and my family used to make our own moonshine. I thought it would be interesting to know how to perform this skit.

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I am a TV writer cranking out episodes of a poplar series here in the UK and have studied distilling for many years. I firmly believe in spreading the word around about this fascinating subject.

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A number of months ago I happened to visit the booth of a home brewer. Since that day I have been intrigued with the thought of producing my own spirits. Later that same night and I talked the idea over with my roommate and sparked equal interest. While visiting with my family over the holiday season, I spent considerable time surfing the net and as luck would have it I stumbled upon your website. Recalling my earlier conversations I am determined he would have your booklet.

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  Moonshine has been a tradition in my family for over 100 years. The recipes, ideas and moonshine itself has skipped my generation. This interested me for many years and I am glad that I found you on the Internet. I am very interested to begin my new found hobby and continue a tradition.

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Ever since I was a child I wanted to make illegal booze. I first got the idea by watching good old Hawkeye and Honeycott on M*A*S*H make their own stuff. I have gone to many libraries in my area, but none carry information on how to construct a home (surprise surprise). You are my last bastion of hope Mr. Sebert.

BOB'S STORIES

 

The most interesting story was from a United States army officer who ordered my book from Bosnia when the war was going on there. I guess he couldn't get any booze there so he was going to make his own.

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Before I discovered the Internet I put three one inch adds in the brewing section of Popular Science at a cost of $180.00 ($120.00US) I sold  books around the world but the most interesting one was from a German Brewer who was in a hunt camp in Alaska and picked up an old copy of Poplar Science, saw my add, and when he got back to Germany phoned me and ordered a copy of my book.

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I recently had an E:mail from a woman who was requesting information for her son's school project which was on Illicit Distilling. I though to my self if I am not doing God's work why would a woman be contacting me about Illicit Distilling. It is even being taught in the education system of the United States of America. This was on a Thursday and the project was to be handed in on the following Monday. I phoned her to see how I could help. She explained to me her problem and E:mailed it off to her. She asked me how much I owed her. I was being questioned by who I thought was a good friend who didn't believe that I had the right to mention God and Illicit Distilling in the same sentence so I told her about my problem. She told me she was Catholic and owned a restaurant. I told her my price was for her to E:mail me that it was okay with God for me to do what I was doing as far as she was concerned

 

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